Language/Amharic/Grammar/Pluralizing

Pluralizing in Amharic

To pluralize, you add ኦች/ oč if the noun ends in a consonant, and /ዎችwoč if it ends in a vowel. The possessive marker goes on the end of the pluralized word.

Singular	Plural Plural	Possessive
ልጅ lïj child	ልጆች lïjoč children	ልጆቼ lïjoče my children
ውሻ wïša dog	ውሻዎችWïšawoč dogs	ውሻዎቼwïšawoče my dogs
ድመትdïmmät cat	ድመቶች dïmätoč cats	ድመቶቼ dïmätoče my cats

Note: ውሻዎቼ wïšawoče may become ውሾቼ wïšoče for short. This is especially common for nouns ending in –a (4th order).

Examples:

• - leba -- leboč t’äbäk’a -- t’äbäk’oč aläk’a -- aläk’oč

Source

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf

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